Photos: Floods in southern China kill 56, thousands displaced

Jul 06, 2017 12:31 IST

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A general view shows a flooded area in Loudi, Hunan province. At least 56 people have been killed and 22 others missing as heavy rains left a trail of destruction in 11 Chinese provinces. A total of 27,000 houses were collapsed and 37,000 others damaged in floods, landslides and hailstorms since June 29. According to Xinhua news agency the government allocated 1.88 billion yuan (USD 270 million) to 20 provinces for disaster relief. (AFP)

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The ministry and China National Commission for Disaster Reduction have sent teams and materials to assist disaster-hit areas in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guizhou. (REUTERS)

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Rescuers transfer residents on a boat in the flooded area in Guangxi province, China. (REUTERS)

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Students are transferred by a bulldozer through a flooded area in China. (REUTERS)

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People swim past a pagoda in a flooded riverside park in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. (AP)

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About 3,000 armed police have been sent to the floodlighting front line in Hunan. (AP)

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People watch the rising water level of the Li River during a flood in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. (REUTERS)

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People remove items from mud after the flood at Qiaotouhe town in Lianyuan, Hunan province. (REUTERS)

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According to the reports, the water level at the Changsha monitoring station in the Xiangjiang River, a major Yangtze tributary, reached a record high of 39.51 meters early Monday, higher than the previous record of 39.18 meters set by a massive flood in 1998. (AFP)

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A man uses an improvised flotation device to move through floodwaters on a flooded street in Guangxi province. Rainstorms have triggered floods across central and southern China, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and leaving more than two dozen dead or missing. (AFP)

A damaged car is seen under a bridge after a flood in Quanzhou County, in Guilin, Guangxi province. (REUTERS)

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More than 50 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands evacuated as floods swept through parts of central and southern China after days of heavy rain. Water levels in more than 60 rivers in southern China have risen above warning levels, the flood control authority said.